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FILE - New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a news conference, Dec. 12, 2023, in New York. The mayors of Chicago, New York City and Denver renewed pleas Wednesday, Dec. 27, for more federal help and coordination with Texas over the growing number of asylum seekers arriving in their cities by bus and plane. (AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie, File)
Democratic mayors renew pleas for federal help and coordination with Texas over migrant crisis
The mayors of Chicago, New York City and Denver have renewed pleas for more federal help and coordination with Texas over the growing number of asylum-seekers arriving in their cities by bus and plane. The mayors held a news conference Wednesday.
 
This 2019 photo shows actor Mike Nussbaum, appearing in Hamlet at Chicago Shakespeare at age 95. Nussbaum, reputed as the oldest professional actor in America with a prolific stage career and roles in films including “Field of Dreams” and “Men in Black,” died at his Chicago home on Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023, at age 99, just days before his 100th birthday. (Neil Steinberg/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
Mike Nussbaum, prolific Chicago stage actor with film roles including ‘Field of Dreams,’ dies at 99
Chicago actor Mike Nussbaum has died at age 99. He had a prolific stage career and roles in films including “Field of Dreams” and “Men in Black.” His daughter says he died at his home on Saturday of old age.
 
Immigrants stand outside a shelter in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. The death of a 5-year-old migrant boy and reported illnesses in other children living at the shelter has raised concerns about the living conditions and medical care provided for asylum-seekers arriving in Chicago. Four more people living in the same shelter — mostly children — were hospitalized with fevers this week. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Migrant child’s death and other hospitalizations spark concern over shelter conditions
The death of a 5-year-old migrant boy and reported illnesses in other children has raised fresh concerns about the living conditions and medical care provided for asylum-seekers arriving in Chicago.
 
Chicago sculptor Richard Hunt, center, arrives at his abstract monument made in honor of journalist and civil rights activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood, June 30, 2021. The prolific Chicago artist who was the first Black sculptor to receive a solo retrospective at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art and whose public works drew praise from presidents has died at age 88. Richard Hunt “passed away peacefully” Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023 at his home in Chicago. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP)
Prolific Chicago sculptor whose public works explored civil rights, Richard Hunt dies at 88
A prolific Chicago artist who was the first Black sculptor to receive a solo retrospective at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art and whose public works drew praise from presidents has died at age 88.
 
In this photo provided by Laura Nirider, Brian Beals, center, who was exonerated on a murder charge and released from a downstate prison after 35 years behind bars, hugs his sister Pattilyn Beals, left, and niece Tamiko Beals outside Robinson Correctional Institution, in Robinson, Ill., on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. (Laura Nirider via AP)
Judge vacates murder conviction of Chicago man wrongfully imprisoned for 35 years
A Chicago man who spent 35 years behind bars for a murder he didn’t commit has been freed after a judge vacated his conviction.
 
Immigrants who have been in the U.S. for years, rally asking for work permits for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and Temporary Protected Status (TPS), programs at Franklin Park in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Tensions simmer as newcomers and immigrants with deeper US roots strive for work permits
Mayors, governors and others have been forceful advocates for newly arrived migrants seeking shelter and work permits. However, their efforts and existing laws have exposed tensions among immigrants who have been in the country for years.
 
Dr. Ray Mendez, right, examines Moises Abraham Hidalgo Sarmiento, 30, of Peru outside of the 1st District police station where migrants are camped, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023, in Chicago.. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
Volunteer medical students are trying to fill the health care gap for migrants in Chicago
A group of volunteer doctors in Chicago is spending their Saturdays providing street medicine for the growing number of migrants.
 
A migrant man sweeps the sidewalk of leaves and melting snow in a small tent community, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, near a Northside police station in Chicago. AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Chicago and other US cities struggle to house asylum-seekers as winter weather hits
Volunteers, churches and advocacy groups are scrambling to find indoor shelter for migrants in Chicago as the temperatures drop.
 
Joseph Czuba, 71, stands before Circuit Judge Dave Carlson for his arraignment in the murder of 6-year old Wadea Al-Fayoume, at the Will County, Ill., courthouse, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, in Joliet, Ill. Czuba is accused of fatally stabbing the Muslim boy and seriously wounding his mother, was also charged with a hate crime. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Illinois man pleads not guilty to hate crime and murder charges in attack on Muslim mother and son
A man has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, attempted murder and a hate crime in an attack on a Palestinian American woman and her son.
 
This undated photo provided on Mon., Oct. 16, 2023, by the Chicago chapter of the Council On American Islamic Relations, shows Wadea Al-Fayoume. A Palestinian-American woman seriously injured in a suspected hate crime that left her 6-year-old son dead in a suburb of Chicago is asking the public to “pray for peace” as she recuperates from her injuries. Hanaan Shahin issued a statement Tuesday through the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations after meeting with the group’s executive director a day earlier. (CAIR-Chicago via AP)
Recovering from attack that killed Illinois boy, Palestinian American mother urges prayers for peace
A Palestinian American woman whose 6-year-old son was killed in what police are calling a hate crime in a Chicago suburb is asking the public to “pray for peace” as she recuperates from her injuries.
 
Samantha Woll, president of the board at the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue poses for a photo in Detroit, Oct. 13, 2022. Samantha Woll, a Detroit synagogue president was found stabbed to death outside her home Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023 police said. The motive wasn't known. (David Guralnick/Detroit News via AP)
No evidence of hate crime, police say as slain Detroit synagogue president mourned as devoted leader
Family, friends and some of Michigan’s top elected officials paid respects Sunday to a Detroit synagogue president who was found fatally stabbed at her home.
 
Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling responds to a question during an interview with The Associated Press Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, in Chicago. Snelling says the city’s use of police stations as temporary housing for the growing population of migrants seeking asylum has been a "burden" on the nation’s second-largest police department. One of his main concerns with the housing plan is officer well-being. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Chicago’s top cop says using police stations as short-term migrant housing is burden for department
Chicago’s new police chief says the city’s use of police stations as temporary housing for thousands of migrants seeking asylum has been a “burden” on the nation’s second-largest police department.
 
Mourners attend a vigil for Wadea Al Fayoume at Prairie Activity and Recreation center in Plainfield, Ill., Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. An Illinois landlord accused of fatally stabbing the 6-year-old Muslim boy and seriously wounding his mother was charged with a hate crime after police and relatives said he singled out the victims because of their faith and as a response to the war between Israel and Hamas. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Illinois boy killed in alleged hate crime remembered as kind, playful as suspect appears in court
A 6-year-old Palestinian American boy who authorities allege was stabbed 26 times by his landlord in response to escalating right-wing rhetoric in the Israel-Hamas war is being remembered as kind.
 
Family members of Wadea Al Fayoume bring his casket into Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview, Ill., Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. An Illinois landlord accused of fatally stabbing the 6-year-old Muslim boy and seriously wounding his mother was charged with a hate crime after police and relatives said he singled out the victims because of their faith and as a response to the war between Israel and Hamas. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Mourners in heavily Palestinian Chicago suburb remember Muslim boy killed as kind, energetic
Crowds of mourners in a heavily Palestinian Chicago suburb paid respects to a 6-year-old Muslim boy killed in an alleged hate crime.
 
Ahmed Rehab, left, executive director of the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, embraces Odey Al-Fayoume, father of Wadea Al-Fayoume, 6, at a news conference at the Muslim Community Center on Chicago's Northwest Side, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. Authorities say a 71-year-old Illinois man has been charged with a hate crime, accused of fatally stabbing a 6-year-old boy and seriously wounding a 32-year-old woman, in Plainfield Township, because of their Islamic faith and the Israel-Hamas war. The Council on American-Islamic Relations identified the victims as Wadea Al-Fayoume and his mother. (Jim Vondruska/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
Muslim boy killed and woman wounded in Illinois hate crime motivated by Israel-Hamas war, police say
Authorities say a 71-year-old Illinois man has been charged with a hate crime, accused of fatally stabbing a young boy and seriously wounded a woman because of their Islamic faith and the Israel-Hamas war.
 
Run by a private firm hired by the city, migrants stay in a makeshift shelter at O'Hare International Airport, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, in Chicago. Unlike migrants in the public eye at police stations, the migrants at O'Hare and a handful at Midway International Airport have limited access to resources, including showers and medical care. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
Chicago is keeping hundreds of migrants at airports while waiting on shelters and tents
As Chicago struggles to house asylum-seekers, the city is using a shuttle bus center at O’Hare International Airport. The use of airports to house migrants has been rejected elsewhere and highlights what has been a haphazard response to the crisis.
 
Crossing guard Pamela Lane waves a school bus passing her intersection, Master and N. 57th Street as she crosses students going to Bluford Elementary School, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, in Philadelphia. Today is the first day of school of Philadelphia public school students on Tuesday. (Alejandro A. Alvarez/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Schools dismiss early, teach online as blast of heat hits northeastern US
A blast of late summer heat caused disruptions Wednesday for schools from Michigan to Virginia, with some districts dismissing students early and others holding classes online just days into the new academic year.
 
Union leaders send Chicago schools reopening plan to members
A plan to get students in the nation’s third-largest district back into classes amid the coronavirus pandemic has cleared another hurdle.
 
Chicago mayor touts deal with union to reopen schools
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is touting a preliminary agreement with the teachers union over COVID-19 safety protocols. It could avert a strike in the nation’s third-largest school district. Lightfoot announced the latest proposal Sunday.
 
Jesse Jackson released for therapy post gallbladder surgery
The Rev. Jesse Jackson has been released to a physical therapy center following gallbladder surgery. That’s according to a spokesman on Sunday.
 
After delays, construction on Obama library to start in 2021
The groundbreaking for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago can proceed this year after a four-year federal review and other delays. Obama Foundation officials said Wednesday that construction could start as early as August.
 
Chicago schools extend talks with union over in-person class
Chicago Public Schools leaders have extended remote learning for two more and called for a “48-hour cooling-off period” amid negotiations with the teachers’ union.
 
Illinois revises marijuana licenses process after complaints
Illinois has tweaked how business owners seeking recreational marijuana licenses can apply. The move comes after complaints that the process favored politically connected and rich applicants over minorities and veterans who were supposed to benefit.
 
Girl, 8, among 10 dead in Chicago’s holiday weekend gunfire
Police say an 8-year-old girl shot in the back was among 10 people killed in gunfire over the Labor Day weekend in Chicago, marking the latest deadly weekend in the nation’s third-largest city.
 
Chicago mayor: Pandemic has caused $1.2B hole in 2021 budget
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has predicted a roughly $1.2 billion hole for the 2021 budget, blaming the coronavirus pandemic as the “single largest driver” of the city’s economic challenges.
 
Trump administration won’t accept new DACA applications
The Trump administration says it will reject new applications and shorten renewal periods for an Obama-era program that shields young people from deportation. The move Tuesday is a defiant stance after the U.S.
 
Chicago aldermen propose removing police from public schools
Chicago aldermen are pitching a plan to remove police officers from the city’s public schools amid outcry from activists who want reforms in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
 
Chicago cancels Lollapalooza, other festivals due to virus
Chicago officials have canceled summer festivals through Labor Day, including Lollapalooza, over coronavirus concerns.
 
37 immigrant children at Chicago-area shelters have COVID-19
Officials say dozens of immigrant children living in three Chicago-area shelters have tested positive for COVID-19 and the number could increase as test results come back. The Chicago-based Heartland Alliance reports 37 of 69 children are positive.
 
Virus relief plan gives Cook County reprieve on food stamps
Food stamps recipients in that nation’s second-largest county are getting a reprieve through a coronavirus relief package signed earlier this month, but it’s only temporary.
 
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